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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Hendrik DeGroot, Rockford, MI (US);
Daniel Robert Hendrickson, Cedar Springs, MI (US);
James R. Honeycutt, Jr., Grandville, MI (US);
Brian A. Trapani, Kenner, LA (US);
Wayne A. Pertuit, Jr., Westwego, LA (US);
Paul E. St. Pierre, Harahan, LA (US);
Assignee:
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 23/44 (2006.01); B65G 15/60 (2006.01); B65G 23/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 15/60 (2013.01); B65G 23/26 (2013.01); B65G 23/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
Components of a conveyor system designed to facilitate tight transfer of products onto and off a positively-driven, low tension conveyor belt. The conveyor system includes a tension amplifier in a returnway of a conveyor belt circuit for selectively increasing tension in the conveyor belt prior to infeed without increasing the low tension in the returnway prior to the tension amplifier.